200th Anniversary of Frédéric Chopin The genesis of Chopin’s Grande Polonaise brillante Op. 22 leads back to his youth in Warsaw and the years of his first trips as a virtuoso. Designed as a concert piece with orchestra, it takes up a special position among the polonaise compositions of Chopin. However, by tradition, the work has always been performed as an extremely effective solo piece. Since no autograph has survived, the various first prints are used as sources. Comparisons show that the English first edition must have been based on the autograph manuscript of Chopin. The present new edition therefore rates this English edition more highly than usual. Thus, numerous discrepancies and omissions in the French definitive edition which generally is regarded as the most important source can be clarified and complemented. The notes on interpretation not only explain the relatively rare term ‚spianato‘ but also provide information on Chopin’s way of playing trills and appoggiaturas as well as on Chopin’s tempo rubato. For that, sources from the vicinity of the composer, such as messages from his pupil Karol Mikuli, are evaluated.
Frédéric Chopin
Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante Op. 22
for Piano Editor / Fingerings / Notes on Interpretation: Christian Ubber Grade 5 UT 50266
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Frédéric Chopin The easiest Preludes Frédéric Chopin’s 24 Preludes were created successively between 1836 and 1839; it was only in the fair copy of 1839 that they were compiled as a cycle – virtually following the example of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. Unlike with Bach, however, Chopin’s Preludes are not followed by fugues as they themselves have mutated into romantic character pieces which express a range of very different moods. The technically easier ones of these miniatures are perfect as an introduction to playing Chopin, all the more so since they include the probably most famous piece of the cycle, the socalled „Raindrop“ Prelude. Accordingly the selection of the Wiener Urtext Edition intends to provide both students and amateurs with an inspiring access to the tonal world of Chopin.
Frédéric Chopin The easiest Preludes
Op. 24 No. 4, 6, 7, 9, 15, 20 for Piano Editor: Bernhard Hansen Fingerings: Jörg Demus Grade 2-3 UT 50275
Frédéric Chopin to enjoy
• Nocturnes • The Complete Etudes • 24 Preludes Op. 28 Complete Edition 3 Volumes UT 50312 for a special price
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Frédéric Chopin for explorers Urtext + Faksimile Frédéric Chopin Chopin für Neugierige Chopin for explorers Chopin pour des curieux Urtext + Faksimile
Prélude Des-Dur op. 28/15 (Regentropfen / Raindrop / Gouttes de pluie)
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Nocturne f-Moll op. 55/1
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Etude E-Dur op. 10/3 UT 51007
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• Nocturne F minor Op. 55/1 UT 51006 • Prelude D flat major Op. 28/15 UT 51008 (Raindrop Prélude) • Etude E major Op. 10/3 UT 51007 Complete Edition 3 Volumes UT 50313 for a special price
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Frédéric Chopin Popular Nocturnes From ca. 1828 until the last years of his life, Frédéric Chopin devoted himself again and again to the nocturne genre emerging at the beginning of the 19th century. As Romantic character pieces evoking, in particular, evening and night moods, they actually count among Chopin’s most poetic piano works. Their popularity is correspondingly large – that is reason enough to compile a selection of the most popular and at the same time technically somewhat easier pieces. The present pieces are ideal for pupils but also for piano-playing amateurs to immerse in the charming sound poems and, as already realized by Jan Kleczynski in 1866, to obtain a key „to reveal the secrets of the other, even greater works of the master“.
Frédéric Chopin Popular Nocturnes
Op. 9/2, 32/1, 55/1, Op. Posth. (E / C sharp minor) for Piano Editor / Fingerings: Jan Ekier Grade 3-4 UT 50274
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Frédéric Chopin The Complete Etudes UT 50205 + facsimile for free Etude E major Op. 10/3 Nocturnes UT 50065 + facsimile for free Nocturne F minor Op. 55/1 24 Preludes op. 28 UT 50005 + facsimile for free Prelude D flat major Op. 28/15 (Raindrop Prelude)
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Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel Gaspard de la nuit
Maurice Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit is one of the most important piano works of the 20th century and constitutes the height of the extension of the pianistic playing techniques and tonal possibilites which was already begun by Chopin and Liszt in the 19th century. The three movements Ondine, Le Gibet and Scarbo are based on poems by Aloysius Bertrand which Ravel put in front of each of the three pieces. Thus, too, the work is in a tradition, represented by composers such as Schumann and Liszt in the 19th century, that combines instrumental music with literary models. For the new edition published by the Wiener Urtext Edition, the editors consulted not only the first edition used almost exclusively up to now, but also Ravel’s autograph as well as his personal copy of the first edition on the basis of which numerous passages in the musical text could be corrected and brought closer to Ravel’s original intention. In addition, the editors included corrections from personal copies of various students of Ravel. Entries of the composer going well beyond mere text corrections and practical performance tips handed down by his students are analyzed in the Notes of Interpretation. The reader-friendly large-format Wiener Urtext edition is completed by a trilingual glossary of the French performance instructions used by Ravel as well as English and German translations of Bertrand’s three poems.
3 poèmes pour piano d’après Aloysius Bertrand for Piano Editor: Michael Kube Preface: Theo Hirsbrunner Fingerings: Peter Roggenkamp Grade 5 UT 50261
Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, 1st page of music of the autograph
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